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The 6 Principles for Exemplary Teaching of English Learners®: Adult Education and Workforce Development. The 6 Principles
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Hellman, Andrea B.; Harris, Kathy; Wilbur, Amea – TESOL Press, 2019
TESOL International Association has defined a core set of principles for the exemplary teaching and learning of English as a new language. This exciting new book applies these principles to adults learning English in adult education and workforce development settings. The 6 Principles and their recommended practices are targets of teaching…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Vignettes
Improving Adult Literacy Instruction: Developing Reading and Writing
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Lesgold, Alan M., Ed.; Welch-Ross, Melissa, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2012
More than an estimated 90 million adults in the United States lack the literacy skills needed for fully productive and secure lives. The effects of this shortfall are many: Adults with low literacy have lower rates of participation in the labor force and lower earnings when they do have jobs, for example. They are less able to understand and use…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Literacy Education, Expertise, Labor Force
Improving Performance, Reporting Results: The Guide to Using the EFF "Read With Understanding" Assessment Prototype. Equipped for the Future Assessment Consortium
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National Institute for Literacy, 2004
In January 2000, the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) published "Equipped for the Future Content Standards: What Adults Need to Know and be Able to Do in the 21st Century." Since then, people in states and adult education programs across the country who are using the 16 Equipped for the Future (EFF) Standards have been looking forward to the…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Adult Basic Education, Curriculum